Editing Triathlon (section)

==Notable events==

===World Triathlon organised events===

; World competitions
* [[World Triathlon Series]]
* [[World Triathlon Cup]]
* [[World Triathlon Long Distance Championships]]
* [[World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships]]

===World Triathlon sanctioned events===

====Olympics====
{{further|Triathlon at the Summer Olympics}}
The sport made its debut on the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] program at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney Games]] in 2000 over the Olympic Distance (swim: {{convert|1500|m|yd|round=25|abbr=on}}&nbsp;– bike: {{convert|40|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}&nbsp;– run: {{convert|10|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}). A mixed relay event was introduced, using 4 Super Sprint distance legs, in the [[Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Games]] in 2021.

====Paralympics====
[[Paratriathlon at the Summer Paralympics]] debuted at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]] held in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/paratriathlon_added_to_the_rio_2016_paralympic_games/ |title=Paratriathlon added to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games &#124; Triathlon.org - International Triathlon Union |date=11 December 2010 |publisher=[[Triathlon.org]] |access-date=19 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rio2016.com.br/en/the-games/paralympic/sports/paratriathlon |title=Paratriathlon |publisher=Rio 2016 |date=1989-08-06 |access-date=20 June 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206002758/http://rio2016.com.br/en/the-games/paralympic/sports/paratriathlon |archive-date=6 December 2013}}</ref> [[Paratriathlon]] is a variant of the triathlon for athletes with a physical disability. The Paralympic event originally scheduled a sprint race with athletes competing in [[Paratriathlon classification|six categories]] according to the nature of their physical impairments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org/sport/para-triathlon |title=Para-Triathlon &#124; IPC |publisher=Paralympic.org |access-date=19 June 2012 |archive-date=7 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707035351/http://www.paralympic.org/sport/para-triathlon |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.triathlon.org/paratriathlon/ |title=Paratriathlon - Triathlon.org - The Official Triathlon Resource |publisher=[[Triathlon.org]] |access-date=19 June 2012}}</ref>

; Other multi-sport events
* [[Triathlon at the African Games]]
* [[Triathlon at the Asian Games]]
* [[Triathlon at the Commonwealth Games]]
* [[Triathlon at the Island Games]]
* [[Triathlon at the Pan American Games]]
* [[Triathlon at the Southeast Asian Games]]

===Other events===
Thousands of individual triathlons are held around the world each year. A few of these races are well known because they have a long history or because they have particularly grueling courses and race conditions.

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* [[Ironman World Championship|Hawaii Ironman World Championship]], [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona]], [[Hawaii]]. First held in 1978 on [[Oahu]], only five years after the sport of triathlon was founded; it was later moved to [[Kailua-Kona]] on the island of Hawaii. The cycling stage of the race covers more than {{cvt|100|mi|km|order=flip}} over lava flats on the big island of Hawaii, where mid-day temperatures often reach over {{cvt|110|F|C|order=flip}} and cross-winds sometimes blow at {{cvt|55|mph|km/h|order=flip}}. The race is often challenging even to competitors with experience in other iron-distance events. Being a world championship race, only competitors that meet qualifying guidelines can enter, typically qualifying slots are awarded in other Ironman sanctioned events.
* [[Nice Triathlon]], [[Nice]], France. A race that existed until 2002 when the course was adopted by the [[World Triathlon Corporation|WTC]] as Ironman France. During the 1980s the Nice Long Distance triathlon (swim {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}}, bike {{convert|120|km|abbr=on}}, run {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}}) was, alongside the World Championships in Kona, one of the two important races each year with prize money and media attention. [[Mark Allen (triathlete)|Mark Allen]] won here 10 consecutive times. The World Triathlon's [[#Standard race distances|Long Distance]] is a Nice-Distance race except during a short period from late 2006 to early 2008, in which it was {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} + {{convert|80|km|abbr=on}} + {{convert|2|km|abbr=on}}.
* [[Enduroman|Enduroman Arch to Arc]]. A {{cvt|289|mi|km|adj=on|order=flip}} triathlon from Marble Arch, London to the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Run from Marble Arch in London to Dover {{cvt|87|mi|km|order=flip}}, swim the English Channel {{cvt|22|mi|km|order=flip}} to Calais, and then cycle {{cvt|181|mi|km|order=flip}} from Calais to Paris. For this challenge, the clock starts at Marble Arch and stops at Arc de Triomphe. Only 46<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enduroman.com/solos/4594382533 |title=Arch 2 Arc Solo Results |publisher=[[Enduroman.com]] |access-date=19 March 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306070353/http://enduroman.com/solos/4594382533 |url-status=dead }}</ref> people in history have completed this event.
* [[St. Anthony's Triathlon|St. Anthony's]], [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]], [[Florida]]. Held in the last week of April every year, this race attracts professional and amateur triathletes from around the world. One of the largest Olympic Distance triathlon in the U.S. with over 4,000 participants each year.
* [[Escape from Alcatraz (triathlon)|Escape from Alcatraz]], [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. This non-standard-length race begins with a {{cvt|1.5|mi|km|order=flip|adj=on}} swim in frigid [[San Francisco Bay]] waters from [[Alcatraz]] Island to shore, followed by an {{cvt|18|mi|km|adj=on|order=flip}} bicycle and {{cvt|8|mi|km|adj=on|order=flip}} run in the extremely hilly terrain of the San Francisco Bay Area. The run includes the notorious "[[Dutch sand ladder|Sand Ladder]]", a 400-step staircase climb up a beachside cliff.
* [[Wildflower Triathlon|Wildflower]] is a half-iron distance race held on the first weekend of May at [[Lake San Antonio]] on the Central Coast of California since 1983. Known for a particularly hilly course, it has expanded now to include three races of different lengths and is one of the largest triathlon events in the world, with over 8,000 athletes attending each year.
* [[Life Time Fitness]] Triathlon Series. [[Life Time Tri Series]] is a series of 5 Olympic distance races: The Lifetime Fitness in Minneapolis, the NYC Triathlon in New York City, the Chicago Triathlon, the LA Triathlon in Los Angeles, and the U.S. Open in Dallas. There is a combined $1.5 Million prize purse at stake for the professionals who come from around the world to take part in the series.
* [[Hy-Vee Triathlon]], started in 2007 by the mid-west grocery store chain [[Hy-Vee]]. The race had the richest prize purse awarded for a single triathlon. The race was formally part of the World Triathlon Cup series from 2008 to 2010 and briefly served as the [[World Triathlon Corporation]]'s 5150 Series U.S. Championships.
* [[Norseman triathlon|Norseman Extreme Triathlon]], [[Hardangerfjord]], [[Norway]]. Norseman is an Ironman-distance triathlon that starts with a swim in the Hardangerfjord and finishes on top of a [[Gaustatoppen]] mountain at {{convert|1850|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. Famous for its lower temperatures and {{convert|5000|m|abbr=on}} total ascent, this race accepts only 200 competitors each year.
* [[Ironman 70.3|Ironman 70.3 World Championship]]
* [[Grand Prix de Triathlon]], the French club championship series sponsored by [[Lyonnaise des Eaux]]. The circuit comprises five triathlons and by the French Triathlon Federation and attracts professional international triathletes hired by French triathlon clubs.
* [[Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez]], established in 2006 by the 2002 Long Distance World Champion Cyrille Neveu, is one of the best known single triathlons in France.